On Thursday Oct. 3, a new bill
was passed unanimously for allocable
segregated fees to only be raised up
to one percent per year over the next
two fiscal years.

This financial guideline can help
all student organizations, subsidy
receiving departments and special
campus projects better plan for their
budgets.

Segregated fees are around
$1,200 per student annually. This
money helps fund many things on
campus like student life, intramurals,
organizations, and more.

In the last two years, the allocable
segregated fees have increased by
about $70 per student and around 25
percent.

The Student Government
Association has been noticing this
change and many have decided to try
to fix the problem.

“Myself and other members of
SGA drafted up a 1 percent ceiling
for the next three years,” said Ryan
Specht, President of SGA. “This is the
first time SGA has ever tried to do
long term fiscal planning. Normally
it’s a year to year plan.”

Once this plan was brought to
the debate that was held on Oct. 3,
a compromise was made to have the
allocable segregated fees to only rise
by up to 1 percent per year over the
course of the next two fiscal years.​After these two years, a new plan
will come forward and be put into
action.

“This is an absolute wonderful
step towards greater fiscal
responsibility because basically we
will have a biannual policy,” Specht
said.

With this change, the amount
students are currently paying for
allocable segregated fees will not
change much.

“The goal is for them to not see a
difference,” Specht said. This should
help with planning for the future for
students as well as organizations.

“I’ve been here two years so it
would have jumped a lot since, it
will be nice to see around the same
numbers,” said student, Brianna
Todaro. Since larger numbers are what
normally catch student’s attention,
this statute can help make sure that
students will not see those growing
numbers under segregated fees.

With money being such a large
part of living on your own and trying
to make ends meet, college students
are often known for rationing.

“Whatever can keep costs lower,
will always be a good thing,” said
student, Elliot Bunker.

With this change, the UWSP
campus community will be able to
more efficiently plan their spending
individually and on campus
organizations will be able to spend
their money more wisely to create a
great atmosphere on campus.